Notable in the first 40 minutes (PSU now leads 52-7): Neither Pat Devlin nor Daryll Clark has run from the spread sets. Makes perfect sense. You don't need either of those guys hurt.

Speaking of which, just got word from my buddy Tim in Columbus, Heisman candidate Beanie Wells has just been carted off the field at Ohio Stadium with Ohio State up 26-0 over Youngstown State in the 3Q. And in Tim's words, "It does not look good."

On a simple counter play, Wells planted on a jab step, took one more and went down like he was shot before he could even take the handoff. Wells immediately grabbed his right foot. Two teammates carried him off. He was then put on a cart and taken quickly through the tunnel way.

Wells was injury-plagued last season and played with bone spurs in his ankles. His backups have been Brandon Saine, a much smaller (210 as opposed to 237) but faster back, and Maurice Wells (no relation). OSU really has no one like the guy they apparently lost.

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